Top 10 Fishing Quotes...Mostly Fly Fishing

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1. “The gods do not deduct from man’s allotted span the hours spent in fishing.” – Herbert Hoover

2. “Our tradition is that of the first man who sneaked away to the creek when the tribe did not really need fish.” – by Roderick Haig-Brown, about modern fishing, A River Never Sleeps, 1946

3. “Something to think about: If you fish the wrong fly long and hard enough, it will sooner or later become the right fly.” – John Gierach

4. “Calling fly-fishing a hobby is like calling brain surgery a job.” – Paul Schullery

5. “There he stands, draped in more equipment than a telephone lineman, trying to outwit an organism with a brain no bigger than a breadcrumb, and getting licked in the process.” –Paul O’Neil

6. “Three-fourths of the Earth’s surface is water, and one-fourth is land.  It is quite clear that the good Lord intended us to spend triple the amount of time fishing as taking care of the lawn.” –Chuck Clark

7. “The difference between fly fishers and worm dunkers is the quality of their excuses.” –Anonymous

8. “The man who coined the phrase ‘Money can’t buy happiness’, never bought himself a good fly rod!” – Reg Baird

9. “If fishing is like religion, then fly-fishing is high church.”- Tom Brokaw

10. “I fell in love with a fly fisherman…I can’t believe my competition is a fish, and not other women.” –Allison Moir